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A Harry Potter Mystery Has Finally Been Solved

The four most powerful wizards and witches of the age gathered together and created a school so they could teach magical kids how to turn a rat into a water goblet and other useful life skills. For their troubles, their names were honored forever as the school's four houses —Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor and Slytherin. What's not exactly clear is why Slytherin, the muggle-born hater, was invited to the cool kid's table.

Molly Horan was an editorial intern at Mashable. She's worked as an editorial fellow at Buzzfeed.com and an editorial intern at Dosomething.org and Crushable.com. Her web writing has also been published on Flavorwire.com, Sparknotes.com, and Nerve.co...More

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